It's nice that EVs are popping up but most of them are econoboxes. I'd love to drive a bigger EV/phev. For example, the Malibu would be perfect as a plug in hybrid. But for now GM only has the volt (Cruz body) and bolt (Sonic body).

It's nice that EVs are popping up but most of them are econoboxes. I'd love to drive a bigger EV/phev. For example, the Malibu would be perfect as a plug in hybrid. But for now GM only has the volt (Cruz body) and bolt (Sonic body).

"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." - US President, Calvin Coolidge

I was going by what the sales guy told me and it is bigger than my LEAF which is a compact car. If i had to compare the LEAF, IonIQ, Model S, LEAF would be compact, IonIQ midsize and the S a fullsize car.

The point of BEV is ultra save with obvious and outright compromise in range and size.
Battery are bulky, expensive and heavy, and to drive larger vehicle will need to better everything up and still facing same problem of range and size.

What's the point by offering BEV, but let efficiency to be only maybe twice better than gas car.

I was going by what the sales guy told me and it is bigger than my LEAF which is a compact car. If i had to compare the LEAF, IonIQ, Model S, LEAF would be compact, IonIQ midsize and the S a fullsize car.

The ford focus is 4390mm long and 1823mm wide, the ioniq is 4450mm long and 1820mm wide. By size it should fall into compact segment

Classifications for compact/midsize are based on interior volume, despite what the exterior dimensions may be.
Many BEVs are optimized for battery packaging and have less things intruding into the cabin so with exterior dimensions the same as ICE counterpart, it may qualify as one class up.
Focus would not fit this category as it is a poorly optimized BEV, it's just the ICE shell with batteries shoehorned in wherever they'll fit (it has less interior space than the ICE version)

Classifications for compact/midsize are based on interior volume, despite what the exterior dimensions may be.
Many BEVs are optimized for battery packaging and have less things intruding into the cabin so with exterior dimensions the same as ICE counterpart, it may qualify as one class up.
Focus would not fit this category as it is a poorly optimized BEV, it's just the ICE shell with batteries shoehorned in wherever they'll fit (it has less interior space than the ICE version)